Corn-husking machine



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B. A. PARTELOW. CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

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CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

No. 539,081. Patented May 14, 1895.

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E. A. PARTBLOW. CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

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E. A. PARTELOW. CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE A. iiARTELow, oE coNoUEsT, NEW YORK.

CORN-HUSKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 539,081, dated May 14, 1,895. Application filed January 9,I 185i Serial No. 5341359. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconoern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. PARTELOW, of the town of Conquest, Cayuga county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Husking Machines, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side View, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of the husking-rollers; Fig. 2A, a pair of rollers removed, showing the alternate position of the recesses. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line x y of Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details. Fig. 7 is a side view of the ear-conveyor. Figs. 8, 9, and l0 are details of the conveyer.

In the drawings similar reference-letters indicate corresponding parts. Y

A frame, B, B, B, B, is mounted on the wheels C, C. Above this frame are secured the snapping rollers, a, a, which serve to snap or break the ears of corn from the stalks, Whichare fed between them from the table, A. An elastic support, a2, enables the roller a, to yield and accommodate different thicknesses of stalks. These rollers a, a', not only break the ears from the stalk, but are able by running at considerable speed, toy

throw the stalks forward into a cylindrical trough, D, at the bottom of which a binder, In other words the binder E is arranged adjacent to and below the snapping rollers so that the latter, in

addition to their usual function, serve as feeding rollers for the binder. TheA binder, E, may be of any of the usual forms used for binding grain.

The ears,broken from the stalks drop upon the inclined rollers, f, f, f, f, which are geared together in pairs, the rollers of each pair turning toward each other, to draw the remaining husk from the ear. These rollers, f, f, f, f, and the rollers, cao', are provided with shallow recesses, shown in Figs. 2A, 2, and 4, which assist in seizing the husk. These recesses are so disposed upon the faces of the rollers that in the revolution of the rollers, a recess will register with the space intermediate between two recesses of the adjacent roller. In Fig. et, the alternation of the recesses is intended to be shown by the alternate heavy and light dotted lines illustrating them. The revolving beaters, g, g, g, are intended to cause the ears of corn to be properly presented to the rollers, f, f, and to permit but one ear to pass at a time through the semi-circular openings shown on the edges of the beaters.

The whole series of rollers, f, f, f, f, are supported at their lower ends by chains, h,` h, and a hand wheel, lo, is provided with a pawl and ratchet, and serves to wind the chains, h, h,

upon its shaft, to raise the rollers, f, f.

The conveyor, Figs. 7, 8, 9, and l0, consists of a trough, having an endless chain, m; at its bottom, and pivoted so as to be swung into position as desired. Power is transmitted to the conveyor chain, m, by means of the shaft, r@which is provided with a cap, 1o, having a square cross section and an end of hemispherical form, by which means it may beinserted in the socket lo, and permit considerable horizontal or vertical train to the conveyer, the pulley driving the belt, m, being secured upon the outside of the socket, r.

The rollers, f, f, f, f, are supported in bearings, one of which is illustrated in Fig. 6. These bearings are provided with boxes one of which is shown at o, which is supported by a set screw, t, and an elastic support, s, (preferably a disk of india rubber,) is interposed between the screw and box, by which means the distance between the pair of rollers, f, f, may be varied as the thickness of the husk requires.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a corn huskin g machine, the combination with the. snapping rollers thereof, of a binder arranged adjacent to'and below said rollers so that the latter may serve as feeding rollers for the binder.

2. In a corn husking machine, the combination with snapping rollers for removing the ears of corn from the stalks, of rollers for removing the husks from the ears, beaters for causing the ears to be properly presented to the husk-removing rollers, and a binder arranged adjacent to the saidl snapping rollers so that the stalks will be fed to the said binder by said snapping rollers, substantially as set forth.

EUGENE A. PARTELOW.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK I. ALLEN,

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